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Schlaff, A.M., Heupel, M.R., Simpfendorfer, C.A. (2014) Influence of environmental factors on shark and ray movement, behaviour and habitat use: a review. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. [doi: 10.1007/s11160-014-9364-8].
White, J., Heupel, M.R., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Tobin, A.J. (2013) Shark-like batoids in Pacific fisheries: prevalence and conservation concerns. Endangered Species Research. 19, 277-284 [doi:10.3354/esr00473].
Enviornmental Biology of Fishes
White, J., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Tobin, A.J., Heupel, M.R. (2013) Spatial ecology of shark-like batoids in a large coastal embayment. Enviornmental Biology of Fishes. 97 (7) 773-786 [doi: 10.1007/s10641-013-0178-7].
Diversity in shark nursery areas along a tropical coastline.
This project will help in the management of seabird populations of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and greater Coral Sea areas by providing information about the foraging locations, behaviour, and success of different species. Researchers have trialled and successfully used a range of tracking systems on foraging shearwaters in the southern GBR. From this work they have been able to describe shearwater foraging habitat at near-colony scales and identify the level of prey resources required for successful breeding. Studies in both the northern and southern GBR have provided preliminary data on links between seabird foraging success and specific ocean weather systems and currents. The project has also identified potential overlap between seabird foraging areas and blue-water billfish and tuna fishing activity outside the GBR.
Congdon, B.C., McDuie, F., Miller, M.G.R., Weeks, S.J., Steinberg, C. (2014) Critical seabird foraging locations and trophic relationships for the Great Barrier Reef.© JCU
Marine Ecology Progress Series
McDuie, F., Goulding, W., Peck, D.R., Congdon, B.C. (2013) Divergence in chick developmental patterns among wedge-tailed shearwater populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 485, 275-285 [doi: 10.3354/meps10322].
Chambers, L.E., Devney, C.A., Congdon, B.C., Dunlop, N., Woehler, E.J., Dann, P. (2011) Observed and predicted effects of climate on Australian seabirds. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 111 (3), 235-251 [doi:10.1071/MU10033].
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Weeks, S.J., Steinberg, C., Congdon, B.C. (2013). Oceanography and seabird foraging: within-season impacts of increasing sea-surface temperature on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 490, 247-254. [doi: 10.3354/meps10398].
Little is known about the impacts of fire on rainforest vegetation or the animals which depend on it. Fire can control vegetation regrowth after cyclones and help regeneration of eucalypt species, but it may also be important in determining succession in drier rainforest types. Fire also poses a threat to animals relying on forest canopy habitat or sheltering in fallen timber. This project will investigate the positive and negative impacts of fire on rainforest vegetation and wildlife.
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